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- 2019
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
Summary Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Sean Turner (Toby Kebbell) hire a nanny (Nell Tiger Free) to help care for a lifelike baby doll after the loss of their own child in the M. Night Shyamalan thriller.
Created By: Tony Basgallop
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
Servant
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 28, 2019
70
7.0
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Summary Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Sean Turner (Toby Kebbell) hire a nanny (Nell Tiger Free) to help care for a lifelike baby doll after the loss of their own child in the M. Night Shyamalan thriller.
Created By: Tony Basgallop
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 40 Critic Reviews
70
75% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
20% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 40 Critic Reviews
70
75% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
20% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The sophomore season seems to be building steadily toward another chaotic and awful reckoning with Leanne, and this is one nightmare I'm in no rush to escape.
Servant is an unfocused yet ultimately creepy good time with enough character and charm to keep its hazy nightmare from lulling you to sleep.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 177 User Ratings
7.0
73% Positive
130 Ratings
130 Ratings
12% Mixed
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
15% Negative
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 177 User Ratings
7.0
73% Positive
130 Ratings
130 Ratings
12% Mixed
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
15% Negative
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
Servant is essentially a Black Mirror installment stretched into ten half-hour parts. It is American Horror Story, minus that franchise’s capacity to wink at itself and its own reliance on tropes. And yet as silly as the show gets, I still wanted to get to the bottom of what’s going on.
With more questions than any particularly satisfying answers, but in similar fashion to shows like Twin Peaks, its control of tone and atmosphere soon becomes even more engrossing than the mystery itself.
When it feels like you've finally gotten your footing and you know what's happening, you're hit with a plot twist that jolts you awake. Even if the actions a character takes don't make sense or the focus of an episode seems to be slightly off, you'll still want to know what happens.
“Servant” is a tough show to embrace. Dorothy is an insufferable, emasculating, high-strung local TV news reporter. Sean is a grumpy, unsupportive husband and snooty chef who thinks lobster ice cream is a good idea. They’re both miserable people, not characters a viewer would want to spend time with.
Despite the fabulous looks at wine and a late season, ominous, and very muddy and wet appearance by Boris McGiver in Episode 6, I cannot think of a good reason to invite "Servant" into your orbit for more than a few minutes, to say nothing of checking in over multiple weeks.
Super creepy and absolutely riveting. Loved every minute. Could not stop watching. Great acting, plot, and looks amazing. Reminds me of a cross between Rosemary's Baby and Midsommar.
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This is one of those frustratingly slow, plodding shows that constantly stretches a few minutes worth of intriguing ideas over several hours. The acting is mediocre to bad, the writing is bland and sometimes baffling, the characters are unlikeable and difficult to relate to, and the central mystery is simply stretched to snapping. Apple obviously threw money at this, as the production design and technical elements are outstanding. If only someone would write them a decent, compelling script that didn't waste so much of the viewer's time. I was occasionally interested, but mostly flat-out bored.
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Une série qui intrigue lors de son premier épisode… mais qui par la suite s’enlise bien vite dans l’ennui et l’immobilisme : il faut dire que malgré une durée moyenne réduite (environ 30 mn) la série se signale par une lenteur stupéfiante… et très endormissante, car la stupéfaction laisse place à la torpeur et la curiosité à l’indifférence… puis les ronflements.
Tout ça pour dire que non seulement ça se traîne mais qu’en plus, ça ne parvient jamais à trouver son point d’équilibre entre d’une part le surnaturel, voire l’ésotérique, et d’autre part le thriller classique et vaguement inquiétant… ce qui est en vérité inquiétant, c’est la pauvreté abyssale de l’écriture d’une série qui tourne en rond et n’a rien à raconter !
Très décevante donc et très chiante, « Servant » n’a aucun intérêt… sauf en cas d’insomnie sévère, bien entendu !
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Was expecting more from this show. Might be time to cancel Apple TV+ as this was the only show I was hoping to watch.
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Production Company:
- Blinding Edge Pictures
- Escape Artists
Initial Release Date: Nov 28, 2019
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Critics Choice Super Awards
• 4 Nominations
Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Nominations
